London Photography Exhibitions September 2018

London photography exhibitions to end September 2018 significantly, shine a light on female photographers. First, at the National Portrait Gallery Illuminating Women features work by Mayotte Magnus. The photographs are from a 1977 landmark exhibition (also at the National Portrait Gallery), which called attention to eminent British women. Meanwhile in Mayfair iconic images by Eva Sereny are on show at Anemoi Gallery.

While those shows run in the West End, there is much more photography to be seen in other parts of London. Senegalese photographer Victor Omar Diop’s exhibition continues at Autograph ABP in Shoreditch. Meanwhile a celebration of the struggles as well as victories of the Windrush generation is running at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton. Finally in South Kensington Hackelbury celebrate their 20th anniversary with work by Malian photographer Malick Sidibé.

Some photography exhibitions in London, such as The Great British Seaside are ending soon. You can catch Martin Parr work as well as Simon Roberts, David Hurn and Tony-Ray Jones work at that show. Similarly, I Want to Live at Free Space Project ends soon. In brief, that show looks at an important topic. Staff as well as patients are the focus of the work which is centred around a respite centre helping people in suicidal crisis. Read on for further details on these as well as others. See the regularly updated London Photography Galleries list. The London Photography Galleries list compliments this post on London Photography Exhibitions. It contains information such as opening times and maps for the London photography exhibitions.

Eva Sereny

Eva Sereny quickly established an international career working for Sunday Times Magazine and Observer Magazine as well as Vogue and Elle. Beyond editorial photography, she was an iconic film photographer. Her work featured film stars such as Audrey Hepburn and Michelle Pfeiffer. In fact her favourite photograph was one mode on set with Richard Burton with Liz Taylor. The film was The Assassination of Trotsky. Although Richard Burton had a leading role, Liz Taylor was not in the film and appeared on set suddenly to speak with her then husband. Sereny had been hired to do ad hoc background shots. The fly on the wall nature of Sereny’s work meant she was able to catch them unawares. The unguarded body language brings it all together.

Anemoi Art Gallery presents a collection from the lady behind some of the most iconic images of the big screen. The gallery is on Mayfair on Brook Street and just a short walk from Bond Street underground station. Green Park is also within walking distance. You might consider allowing time to visit Hamiltons gallery as well; it also quite close.

Illuminating Women: Photographs by Mayotte Magnus

Free displaySignificantly, in 1977, the National Portrait Gallery hosted their first ever photographic exhibition to focus on female achievement. Nearly ninety portraits by Mayotte Magnus of eminent British women were featured in the landmark exhibition. Her photography is known for illuminating subjects through her instinct for composition as well as harmony. Magnus was allowed free reign to choose the subjects of the 100 commissioned portraits. By and large, the exhibition was a success, with as many as 30,000 visitors. In fact the works were shown in public again the following year and in the presence of the Prime Minister. Equally as important as the National Gallery exhibition, this show was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Women’s vote.

The National Portrait Gallery is on St. Martin’s Place. Located between Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square, there are several transport options. Leicester Square, as well as Charing Cross, station is just a short walk. The Photographers’ Gallery is not too long a walk either – try to arrive there before midday for free entry.

Malick Sidibé: Look at Me

Closing soon.Malick Sidibé, probably Mali’s most famous photographer. He rose to fame while producing his black and white captures of popular culture in Bamako, Mali’s largest city. Sidibé won many awards during his life, most noteworthy are the Hasselblad Award for photography as well as the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Biennale.

Hackelbury has a long history working with Malick Sidibé. Notably, they hosted his first ever solo London show. That was back in 2002. The current exhibition is part of a series laid on in order to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

Black Cultural Archives is on Windrush Square in Brixton
and entry is free. Brixton Underground Station as well as the mainline
station are a short walk away. You might also want to stop by Photofusion while in the area. They host regular photography exhibitions; for example Chloe Rosser had a show there recently.

Modern Masters

Modern Masters is a new group show at Hamiltons Gallery in Mayfair. Some of the greatest names
in Modern and Contemporary photographic history feature. Hamiltons
display work from modern masters like Erwin Olaf and back in time to
figures from last century such as Robert Frank. They also include work
from Helmut Newton and Irving Penn as well as Robert Mapplethorpe and
Don McCullin.

Hamiltons Gallery is in Mayfair, close to Grosvenor Square and a short walk from Green Park tube station.

Alex Prager: Silver Lake Drive

Alex Prager is known for capturing the disquiet of modern life.
She is a film-maker as well as a photographer and makes photographs on
specially constructed film sets. These productions are massive,
employing hundreds of actors. She takes her cues from the cinematic conventions of film directors as well as fashion photography.

The Photographers’ Gallery presents the first mid-career survey
of Alex Prager’s work. Over 40 photographs are presented, spread over
two floors. Her celebrated ‘Crowd’ series featuring crowds of dozens of
people, each apparently in a private moment of their own. The series presents a quite disjointed culture – Prager’s reflection of the “weird disconnected connection of social media”.

Autograph present Omar Victor Diop’s first solo UK exhibition. The
gallery is at Rivington Place in Shoreditch. Shoreditch High Street
London Overground station as well as Boxpark Shoreditch are just a few
minutes’ walk. Liverpool Street station is also close; about 900 metres.

I Want to Live

Closing soon.Photographer Daniel Reagan took pictures while working on a project at a suicide respite centre. Uniquely, Maytree is a suicide refuge centre occupying a space between professional medical support and volunteer helplines. The project focuses on staff as well as patients. Daniel Reagan is a suicide survivor and investigates what brings people to volunteer to help those in suicidal crisis together with the impact on their own mental health.

Free Space Project is at Kentish Town Health Centre and Kentish Town
West as well as Camden Road train stations a short distance away.
Maytree is a registered charity and you can make donations via the Maytree website.

Tish Murtha: Works: 1976 – 1991

Tish Murtha was known, in the main, for documenting marginalised communities. One of her best known works, Youth Unemployment (1981), portrayed dereliction
in Newcastle. That was after a doubling in the local unemployment rate.
Importantly, her images were used in parliament as evidence of a disturbing reality.
As well as Youth Unemployment, five other major bodies of Murtha worked
are surveyed. These include London by Night together with Elswick
Revisited.

The National Maritime Museum present the work of four feted British photographers. Martin Parr as well as Tony Ray-Jones, David Hurn and Simon Roberts feature. The exhibition celebrates the Great British Seaside.

The National Maritime Museum is in Greenwich a few minutes walk from the
Cutty Sark. Greenwich is just several minutes’ train ride from central
London though, arguably, a more enjoyable way to get there is on a Thames Clipper!

Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art

The Shape of Lights is a stunning celebration of 100 years of photography and abstract art. This is the first major exhibition
to explore that relationship between photography and abstract art. The
show features not only the fathers of art photography like Alfred
Stieglitz and László Moholy-Nagy; modern masters such as Thomas Ruff are
also included.

Tate Modern is on the South Bank of the Thames,
and just a few minutes’ walk from St. Paul’s tube station. The show
seems like a perfect drop-in on a walk along the South Bank on a sunny
spring day. There is also some fantastic photography on show on
permanent display. As an example, you will find work from Martin Parr’s
‘Last Resort’ and an equally interesting display of work by Karl
Blossfeldt and Germaine Krull. Equally important: there is no admission
fee to see this work in the permanent collection. There is an optional
donation instead of an admission fee though.

London Photography Exhibitions September 2018

That’s it for this week’s London Photography Exhibitions September 2018, look out for next week’s list of London Photography Exhibitions!

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